The strength of a business idea or concept is often inconsequential without the right people in place to implement the company’s specific vision for that idea, further underscoring the importance of focusing on hiring those who are most qualified to handle the responsibilities they are given. In the overwhelming majority of cases, a human resources manager will refer to the strategies they employ during the recruitment process as “best practices,” which are undeniably important in the most critical sense. According to John Ross Jesensky, it is of equal importance to be aware of the idea known as “next practices,” a concept recently popularized by the Aspen Institute.

As Jesensky has outlined on a fairly regular basis, the idea behind “next practices” is grounded in the necessity of understanding how market trends will influence future operations. In analyzing and adapting to these trends before they begin to have a significant influence, businesses are able to avoid the need to constantly shift their focus on the fly or to attempt to do so in a haphazard sort of way. When it comes to hiring, it is simply much easier to get the right kind of people in place before the demand for their specific skill set skyrockets to a significant degree.